How To: Make A Cover♥

Step 2: Choosing A Program

Choosing a program that is free is very difficult! Most programs require you to create an account, pay or other things that are just too hard and cause you to give up. Dont give up! Switch your device back on and rub your hands together. Things are going to get better!♥

Step 1: 

Open up another tab and search in the address bar:

www.picmonkey.com OR just copy paste that!♥

Step 2: Once the page loads you will see a rather confusing website. There will be some buttons leading to other pages like:

Edit a photo      |         Create a collage        |           Upgrade             |            Sign In    |

I know what you are thinking!

"Marianna! You lied! wow. worst tutorial ever. you said that there was no paying or signing up and creating an account".

Well. Listen here. This website lets you edit even if you dont have an account! Its free editing! So. Turn that frown upside down and click on 'Edit A Photo'.

Step 3:

 As soon as you click 'Edit A Photo' your desktop will pop up again. All you have to do is search through your desktop and find the image that you saved into your desktop earlier. Once you find it click on it. It will lead you to page. It will have your huge image on the right side and an editing manual pop up on the left side. Ok this is where it gets a little harder, so be prepared and use your brains!

Step 4:

This is going to be hard to explain so just inbox me and i'll explain much better...

Anyway. So Your picture may look a little. I dont know plain. As you can see on the editing pop up on the left side. It has 'Basic Edits' on it. First click the button 'Auto Adjust' Its right under 'Basic Edits'. Underneath 'Auto Adjust' there will be six options

Crop

Rotate

Exposure

Colours

Sharpen Resize

Click on crop if your picture is too big and resize it to 256 x 400. 

NOTE: CLICK APPLY AFTER CROPPING OR ADDING OTHER EDITS SO IT ACTUALLY SAVES!

Then click on the other bars to edit some other things like colours, and sharpen and resize it, or even rotate the picture.

Get used to the editor and play around with your picture.

Step 5:

Enough playing! Time for the real editing! You will see eight little icons at the very side. 

Icon 1: Three balls attatched to each other with a line - Basic Edits - This is what I was talking about in the begginning

Icon 2: A Chemical bottle - Effects - brighten, darken, clarify, Cinerama, Draw. ANYTHING!

Icon 3: Lipstick - Touch up / Make up - For facial zooms. Blemish acne, spots, blackheads. Give yourself a spray tan! Add some make up! 

Icon 4: The letter 'P' - Text - Add Text to your picture

Icon 5: comic bubbles - Overlays - A few hearts, cute animals, butterflies, speech bubbles

Icon 6:Image border - Frames - Frame your picture!

Icon 7: A square texture - Textures - Choose a texture for your image.

Icon 8: An apple - Themes - Is your book about school? vampires? sweethearts? demons?  well then choose one of the themes and get everything related about that theme to make your cover amazing!